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You have to be able to reward him at all
22 videos indexed under this topic. Topic tags help you find relevant sessions; they do not mean the entire recording teaches this one idea.
Before you can train a frightened dog you have to find something he will actually accept as payment, and with the most frightened dogs that turns out to be his own body - you run with him, and then you attach yourself to the feeling.
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Kodak Training Session | Full Session | 2026-09-01 | 13:51
Topics: The dog tells you the reward; Honest limits, and reliability is not permission; Play becomes the reward - and play is a contest.
concept tags3 Priorities for a Fearful Dog's First Public Walk
The earliest-feeling Kodak material in this set: the trainer says outright that Kodak wants to bolt and does not trust him at all yet, and that he has deliberately asked for nothing.
Session summaryKodak Was Ready to Bolt—Then He Started Walking Closer
Topics: Start with freedom; Reading the dog; The flight-risk protocol, and the one command that matters.
concept tagsRocko & Zuri Chan Training — Dog Reactivity
Topics: Hidden help; Assess before you ask; Show what not to do, allow everything else.
concept tagsLola Training Session Part 1
A mid-program session in bad conditions, and the most candid one about what is not working.
Session summaryFinn Training Session
A public-access outing to Home Depot whose single purpose is stated plainly in the middle of it: the trainer is there hoping people will want to pet Finn.
Session summaryRoxy & Ramsey In-Program Lesson #2 Part 1
The second owner lesson, and the densest teaching document in Roxy's corpus.
Session summaryDeuce Training Session
The tug was left in the vehicle, so the session improvises: sticks become the reward, and the trainer is explicit that a dog who will tug anything is an asset.
Session summaryLola Training Session
A long, quiet, almost entirely undocumented session.
Session summaryFinn Training Session
The densest ordinary session in Finn's set, and effectively a lecture delivered while working the dog.
Session summaryFinn Training Session (Fear/Anxiety Modification Case)
The session the title calls the fear/anxiety modification case, and the one where the trainer lays out his whole approach to Finn.
Session summaryFinn In-Program Lesson #1
Topics: Eating the correction, and avoidance as a tactic; The level is not a number; Thinking is what makes it better.
concept tagsLola Training Session Part 1
Topics: Hidden help; The dog tells you the reward; Assess before you ask.
concept tagsFinn Home Depot Field Trip
A public-access field trip that turns into the clearest filmed example of a trainer pushing a fear case too far and saying so on camera.
Session summaryFinn Park Field Trip!
A short evening park session with a trainer who is new to Finn and says so.
Session summaryRoxy Training Session
Topics: The three Ds, and the variables nobody counts; Start with freedom; You have to be able to reward him at all.
concept tagsOzzy In-Program Lesson #1, Part 1
Topics: Freeze, flee or fight; Reading the dog; Assess before you ask.
concept tagsQuick Session With Louie, Getting To Know Each Other
A handler meeting Louie for the first time and trying, unsuccessfully, to find a game he wants.
Session summaryExcellent Training Session, No Leash Needed At The Park. - BULLET!
Topics: Honest limits, and reliability is not permission; Start with freedom; Pressure, release, reward.
concept tagsBullet Training Walk!
The most complete piece of teaching in Bullet's footage.
Session summaryLooking Dapper with Bo!
Twenty-one minutes of planned solo work, and the most instructional of Bo's sessions.
Session summaryTraining Session - Loose-Leash, Sit, Place, Down, Heel Entry, Heel, Come, etc. w/Bo
The fullest and most explicit of Bo's sessions, and the one that reads most like a curriculum.
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